It is important to understand a little of the background of CSRS and FERS to realize how the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often ...

The bill would abolish the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. This could help retired workers for local and state governments as well as those with non-covered pensions.

This proposal would eliminate Social Security’s windfall elimination provision and government pension offset, a change that would cost the cash-strapped program $196 billion over the next decade.

Learn more here. Let's take a look. The Social Security Fairness Act is looking to eliminate two provisions: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

In a move that could significantly impact the retirement income of millions of Americans, a bipartisan group of U.S.

Beginning in the 1970s and ’80s, Congress decided this wasn’t fair. In response, it created the Windfall Elimination Provision for workers who split their careers in and out of Social Security. A ...

The legislation would repeal the “windfall elimination provision” and “government pension offset,” which reduce Social Security benefits for those who spent portions of their careers in ...

We need to limit out of pocket expenses and eliminate punitive programs like the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision from the Social Security program. Should the ...

WASHINGTON — Heavily favored to win reelection, U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow is campaigning without the sharp-edged partisan rhetoric favored by many of her Republican colleagues. In a recent stop in ...

If you qualify for Social Security and collect a pension from a job that doesn’t pay FICA taxes, your Social Security income will be reduced but not eliminated. If you qualify for Social Security and ...

Despite paying into the system, they could see their Social Security benefits reduced or eliminated thanks to the Windfall Elimination Provision. This law uses a formula to reduce Social Security ...

Obama campaigned to repeal the unfair Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) - laws which have stripped millions of our elderly of the bulk of their earned Social ...